Seven Loudoun County Public Schools staff members have the novel coronavirus and an eighth teacher has died. A fourth employee at Waxpool Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, the school system said Monday. The latest person to get the virus is in self-quarantine and was last at the school on March 11. They didn’t experience any symptoms from the…

A Loudoun County, Virginia, educator died of coronavirus and was the first person in the county to die of the virus. Susan Rokus worked as a teacher for many years and continued to work into her 70s as a reading tutor at three elementary schools right up until they closed because of the virus. Her death was caused by respiratory…

A woman who lost her fight with the coronavirus was a longtime teacher in Loudoun County. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to her family and friends.

Schools are closed for the rest of the academic year in Virginia, but students in Loudoun County could start online classes as early as next week. The school system is providing every student in grades 3 through 12 a Chromebook. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Aperiomics, a biotech company in Virginia is preparing to ship out new coronavirus test kits that would provide results in two to three days.

News4 Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder reports on increased coronavirus testing kits for the D.C. metro area.

Loudoun County leaders say they expect cases of the coronavirus to rise. News4’s Darcy Spencer says the county is closing some government buildings.

Loudoun County school closures has families grappling with readjusting their schedules and finding ways to keep their kids fed. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Loudoun County Public Schools will close for a week out of an “abundance of caution” after a case of the novel coronavirus was diagnosed in the county. The closure will last from Thursday, March 12 through Friday, March 20, school officials announced early Thursday. All activities are also canceled. “Loudoun County has not experienced the extent of presumptive positive cases…

Loudoun County Public Schools will shut down for about a week amid concerns over coronavirus as other schools in the D.C. area plan shorter closures to protect students and prepare for further impacts. News4’s Justin Finch and Megan McGrath report.

Lorrie Sinclair Taylor is a first generation American, first generation college graduate and now she’s going to be the first African-American judge in Loudoun County’s history. Her parents moved to Brooklyn, New York, from Jamaica, where she first encountered the legal system. She said her brother got into some trouble growing up and that inspired her to become an...

Lorrie Sinclair Taylor is the first African-American judge appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to Loudoun County. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke to her.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed the media Wednesday and asserted that he now thinks it is appropriate to characterize COVID-19 as a pandemic.

Loudoun County’s first patient to test positive for the new coronavirus attended Christ Church Georgetown in D.C., where the rector tested positive. “The case is an otherwise healthy individual in their 40s who had contact with a known case in Washington, D.C., at Christ Church in Georgetown,” Loudoun County Board Chair Phyllis Randall said. The patient is one of...

Loudoun County’s first coronavirus patient went to Christ Church Georgetown, where the rector tested positive. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

Police found a Virginia woman’s purse and the precious keepsakes from her grandfather that it carried almost two decades after they were stolen. Mary Jane DeGrand’s purse was stolen out of her car in Woodbridge 18 years ago. “It really, really upset me,” she said. “Not because of all the other stuff that’s in there. What really was in...

Police found a Virginia woman’s purse and the precious keepsakes from her grandfather that it carried almost two decades after they were stolen. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

Winemaking exhibit at Loudoun Museum goes on the road to schools, wineries and other events.

Deputy 1st Class Ethan Martin was driving in Loudoun County at the end of his shift last Friday when he noticed a number of cars pulled over on the side of the road. Concerned that someone could be hurt, Martin pulled over on Sycolin Road. He found an injured bald eagle in the arms of a driver, according to Loudoun…

A family and high school in Virginia are mourning a 16-year-old girl who died Friday from complications related to the flu, according to her mother. Katie Giovanniello, a sophomore at Heritage High School in Leesburg, was diagnosed with influenza B Feb. 2. She spent most of the week resting in bed, with her mother caring for her at night. “She…